Bookcase



FATE-NEED FEB. 2, 1904.

J. BANNER.

BOOKCASE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB.17, 1900.

NO MODEL.

anventoz wihmooeo UNITED STATES Patented February 2, 1904.

JOHN DANNER, OF CANTON, OHIO.

BOOKCASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,823, dated February2, 1904.

A plication filed February 17, 1900. Serial No. 5,556. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN DANNER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Canton, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bookcases; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings,making a part of this specification, and to the figures of referencemarked thereon, in which Figure 1 is a perspective View showing a numberof bookcase-sections properly connected together. Fig. 2 is a sectionalview showing a portion of the leaf and the top of the section directlybelow the leaf. Fig. 3 is a view showing a portion of a section andillustrating the leaf extended. Fig. 4: is a top view showing the leafextended. Fig. 5 is a view showing portions of two sections andillustrating the leaf extended. Fig. 6 is a transverse vertical sectionshowing the leaf in closed position.

The present invention has relation to bookcases; and it consists in thenovel construction and arrangement hereinafter described, andparticularly pointed out in the claim.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the draw- 1ngs.,

In the accompanying drawings, 1 represents the base, which may beprovided with a drawer or not, as desired. Upon the base 1 is mountedthe bookcase-section 2, which is formed of any desired size, referencebeing had to convenience in handling and placing in position.

The top or upper part of the section 2 is provided with the leaf orshelf 3, which leaf or shelf is preferably formed of a length tocorrespond substantially with the width of the section and is locatedbetween suitable ribs, such as 4, one of the ribs being illustrated inFig. 3, said ribs being located at the ends of the section. For thepurpose of assisting in holding the leaf or shelf 3 in proper positionand preventing the same from binding during the time it is drawn forwardor pushed backward the rib 5 is provided, which rib is attached to thetop of the section 2 and is seated in the groove 6, formed in the bottomor under side of the leaf or shelf 3.

To the top of the section 2 is pivotally attached the arm or bar 7, towhich arm or bar 7 is pivotally connected the arm 8, said arm beingpivotally connected to the bottom or under side of the leaf or shelf 3.

For the purpose of preventing the leaf or shelf 3 from being entirelywithdrawn the stop-pin 9 is provided, which stop-pin is so located thatthe arm 7 will come in contact therewith, as illustrated in Figs. 3 andl, when the leaf or shelf has been withdrawn to its full limit.

When the leaf or shelf 3 is brought into its normal position or pushedbackward, the arms 7 and 8 assume the position illustrated in dottedlines, Fig. 4:.

The section 2 is placed upon the base 1 and held in proper relativeposition in any convenient and well-known manner.

Upon the top or upper end of the section 2 is placed the section 10,which section may be provided with the removable top 11 and the sections2 and 10 held together by means of suitable dowel-pins, such as 12,fitted into suit-v able apertures. However, this construction may bevaried without departing from the nature of my invention.

In the drawings I have illustrated two sections placed together; but itwill be understood that any desired number of sections may be connected,so as to provide a bookcase of any desired size, the bookcase properbeing built up of different sections. It will be understood that thesections should be provided with suitable doors, such as 13, which doorsare fitted in guideways and are located in different planes, so thatthey will pass each other. Each section is provided with any desirednumber of shelves, such as 14, which shelves are adjustably connected inany convenient and well-known manner. It will of course be understoodthat the sections 2 and 10 should be formed of like size and shape, sothat they can be interchanged and at the same time build up a bookcaseof'any desired number of sections.

Having fully described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is*

As an improved article of manufacture, a

5 sectional bookcase, each section thereof formed of like shape, a leafprovided with a groove,

said leaf located Within the upper part of one or more of the sections,a rib located between the ends of the leaf and upon the top of the Isection, arms pivoted to the leaf and section and the arms pivotedtogether, a stop-pin to arrest the outwardmov'ernent of the leaf andmeans for connecting the various sections together, substantially as setforth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have 5 hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of tWo Witnesses.

JOHN BANNER.

Witnesses:

J. A. J EFFERS, F. W. BOND.

